NAJEM AL HASAN'S Livingston based Scotia Construction has been slated by dissatisfied customers over the standard of their work.

THE leader of Scotland’s builders has been branded a cowboy after botched jobs left two customers £100,000 out of pocket.

Najem Al Hasan, 39, is Scottish president of the Federation of Master Builders, the largest trade association in the sector.

But, we can reveal, his Livingston based Scotia Construction have come under fire from customers over the quality of their work.

Roy and Colleen MacCulloch, from Inverness-shire and the charity-run Ladywood Leisure Centre in Penicuik, Midlothian, have shelled out £100,000 between them to Hasan for jobs they claimed were botched.

Both have had to hire other firms, at a combined total of almost £40,000, to finish the jobs.

A surveyor hired by the MacCullochs after they sacked Hasan, described his firm’s work as “of an extremely poor nature” and said it “did not appear to have been carried out by bona fide tradesmen”.

The couple say their dealings with Hasan have ruined their lives.

Hasan's men work on the MacCulloch's house without any safety gear

Meanwhile, Midlothian Council have refused to give the Ladywood Centre a completion certificate for a £52,000 storage area that Hasan built but did not complete.

We can also reveal a string of firms are pursuing Hasan in the courts for unpaid debts.